to be fair i probably wouldn't have bothered to trek into nottingham anyway, altho I was in arnold this morning. And I do need to go to next clearance to take back some stuff. However, had you come to mansfield, yuou could have got a dress from TK Maxx and be laughing.

(Original post by Helenia)
I dunno. Where's Asda? *lives in the bubble*

God, and you cycle, to boathouses in that direction. It's between Coldhams lane and newmarket road iirc.

There's loads of shops there, but they were all closed when I wandered around there in the dark. There's a little passageway onto york street I think that might be a short cut from the grafton direction at least.

(Original post by Alaric)
God, and you cycle, to boathouses in that direction. It's between Coldhams lane and newmarket road iirc.

There's loads of shops there, but they were all closed when I wandered around there in the dark. There's a little passageway onto york street I think that might be a short cut from the grafton direction at least.

Yes, but most of the way to the boathouses is on Jesus Green. I've never cycled along Chesterton Road beyond the funny one-way bit. If there is one in Cambridge though, I'll find it, I love that place!

(Original post by Helenia)
Yes, but most of the way to the boathouses is on Jesus Green. I've never cycled along Chesterton Road beyond the funny one-way bit. If there is one in Cambridge though, I'll find it, I love that place!

Well...
At the cinema end of the Grafton there's a large roundabout which you should apparently never go under (it's a subway thing) at night. One of the exits is Newmarket road, venture down there a couple of hundred yards and there's a tescos on your left between newmarket road and the river and on the right there's a little road to Homebase, Maplin, Tk Maxx, Asda and some other random shops. Further along there's a B&Q.

I went a slightly odd way to asda, via homebase, I think there's a road you can turn off before you reach homebase that's more direct (is that actually coldhams' lane?).

OK, I haven't actually been yet, but doesn't seem that far if i use the free bus. plus, I wouldn't need to go every week. UHT milk's fine for tea & coffee, and i normally get fruit & veg from the market anyway. I don't buy much bread.

id probably use sainsburys now and then for things i forget or if too lazy to get to asda or whatever, but not planning to use it as much, oh no.